Restoring your privacy costs money, which makes it a marker of class

Re:Restoring your privacy costs money, which makes it a mark... by bserge on Friday July 16, 2021 @06:55AM (#27854926)

Err, you shouldn't conflate privacy from private companies with privacy from the government.

The latter always was and always will be around, you can't hide from the ultimate authority.

Nothing will help you, short of living completely off the grid in an RV, maybe.

It's not a good thing, but governments everywhere are pushing for more surveillance and knowledge and they will get it.

But they also help increase privacy from private entities (at least in some countries), so there's that.

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Re:Restoring your privacy costs money, which makes it a mark... by meowster on Friday July 16, 2021 @08:47AM (#27855668)

I trust the government (U.S.) more than I trust the companies. In the U.S., companies seem to have more influence on people's everyday lives than government.

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Re:Restoring your privacy costs money, which makes it a mark... by bserge on Friday July 16, 2021 @03:19PM (#27860134)

Yeah, just the article implies privacy from the authorities is the same as from ad companies. PiHole ain't helping there.

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